Shen with Olaf
How to Synergize Shen and Olaf
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Shen Olaf Synergy Summary
Best Shen vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shen and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Shen with Olaf
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
Advice to Understand How Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Shen Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Shen in LoL
The Shen Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Shen sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Olaf. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Olaf helps Shen perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Shen plays on the same team as Olaf, he gets a moderate decrease in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Olaf does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Shen is played alongside Olaf on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Olaf.
Additionally, when Shen plays with Olaf on the same side, he on average receives less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Olaf does a decent job of covering Shen in teamfights.
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Is Shen better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no ideal companion for Shen that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, Olaf is a terrible ally for Shen. By playing on the same side as Shen, he lowers their win rate by -4.6% to 45.1%. This shows that there is a very bad bond between Shen and Olaf that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Olaf has a lower difficulty than Shen. That means Shen players don't need to be cautious when arranging Olaf teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Shen players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
Although, by grouping Shen and Olaf together, you may not be providing your team much magic damage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Olaf ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Shen to work well with Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to get in your Shen and Olaf synergy build include Unending Despair, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Shen included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Olaf than with many other common item sets. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 45.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Olaf with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Shen players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.1% winrate overall.
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